Weather Records on 19 April 1939

383 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1939. Highest significance: Kapskarmo, NO.

Key Facts for 19 April 1939

On 19 April 1939, 383 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 376 daily.
Kapskarmo set a daily record precipitation of 47.3 mm (1.9 in) on 19 April 1939.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

383 stations

383 station records on 19 April 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

383 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 April 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 April 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 376.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

316 broken records

Margins by which the 316 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1939

Top 20 records on 19 April 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1939	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1939	Botnen I Forde, NO	monthly rain	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1939	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1939	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1939	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1939	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1939	Dover, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1939	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	15.1 C (59.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1939	Vik I Sogn III, NO	monthly rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1939	Warwick, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Beiarn, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Alkmaar, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Paterson, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Wappingers Falls, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1939	Bulken, NO	monthly rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1807 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1939. 1939 had 383 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	284
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1